Alexander Gorbatov

Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov (21 March 1891-7 December 1973) was a General of the Army of the Soviet Red Army during World War II, commanding the Soviet 3rd Army.

Biography
Alexander Vasilyevich Gorbatov was born on 21 March 1891 in Pakhotino, Ivanovo Oblast, Russian Empire, and he served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. In 1919, he joined the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, and he became a cavalry division commander at the end of the war. During the Great Purge, he was sent to work in gold mines after he was accused of being an "enemy of the people" by Joseph Stalin". In March 1941, he returned to the Red Army after being rehabilitated, and he led the Soviet 3rd Army during the offensive towards Nazi Germany. In 1945, he became the commandant of Berlin after the Soviet Union occupied the city, having defeated the Axis Powers in World War II. In 1955, he became a General of the Army, and he died in 1973.